Research Article

Secondary Sexual Characteristics in the Galerucinae (Sensu Stricto) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Table 3

Distribution of galerucine genera and species with various types of modified antennal segments.

Modified segmentsGenera (number of species)

Single41 genera and 156 species
1st9 genera and 21 species: Antsianaka (1), Aulacophora (8), Doryscus (1), Hoplosaenidea (4), Malacorhinus (2), Metopoedema (1), Palpoxena (1), Paraplotes (1), Sarawakiola (1).
3rd9 genera and 40 species: Arthrotus (1), Aulacophora (1), Halysacantha (1), Hylaspoides (1), Metrobrotica (1), Microlepta (1), Palpoxena (1), Sermyloides (26), Taumacera (16).
4th7 genera 12 species: Afrocrania (4), Cerophysa (2), Geinula (1), Hoplosaenidea (1), Hyphaenia (1), Luperodes (2), Palpaenidea (1).
5th1 genus and 4 species: Apophylia (4).
7th6 genera 24 species: Bangprella (1), Dercetina (1), Duvivieria (1), Megalognatha (19), Oidomorpha (1), Palpoxena (1), Ruwenzoria (1).
8th8 genera and 23 species: Clitena (1), Hymnesia (1), Apophylia (1), Cerophysa (15), Dircemella (1), Metacoryna (1), Periclitena (2), Pseudoscelida (1).
9th5 genera and 8 species: Agetocera (4), Cerophysa (1), Metacoryna (1), Periclitena (1), Porechontes (1).
10th1 genus and 2 species: Ectmesopus (2).
11th4 genera and 12 species: Aulacophora (7), Luperosoma (3), Paraplotes (1), Phyllobrotica (1).

Double27 genera and 106 species
1st and 3rd2 genera and 3 species: Acroxena (2), Taumacera (1).
3rd and 4th12 genera and 36 species: Apophylia (1), Cerophysa (2), Cerotoma (3), Eccoptopsis (12), Hoplosaenidea (2), Laetana (1), Liroetiella (1), Malacorhinus (1), Metrobrotica (1), Oroetes (2), Phyllobroticella (7), Taumacera (3).
3rd and 8th1 genus and 1 species: Taumacera (2).
4th and 5th1 genus and 1 species: Afrocrania (1).
5th and 6th2 genera and 2 species: Taumacera (1), Taumaceroides (1).
6th and 7th3 genera and 11 species: Cerophysa (6), Megalognatha (4), Taumacera (1).
7th and 8th2 genera and 6 species: Kinabalua (2), Megalognatha (4).
7th and 9th1 genus and 1 species: Buckibrotica (1).
8th and 9th7 genera and 29 species: Agetocera (19), Cornubrotica (2), Hyphaenia (1), Megalognatha (2), Metacoryna (3), Nirina (1), Taumacera (1).
9th and 10th4 genera and 8 species: Hyphaenia (1), Luperosoma (1), Stenoplatys (1), Taumacera (5).
9th and 11th1 genus and 1 species: Dreeus (1).
10th and 11th3 genera and 6 species: Platyxantha (1), Sikkimia (4), Taumacera (1).

Triple21 genera and 97 species
3rd, 4th, and 5th3 genera and 36 species: Acroxena (1), Aulacophora (34), Cerophysa (1).
3rd, 6th, and 7th1 genus and 1 species: Taumacera (1).
3rd, 8th, and 9th2 genera and 3 species: Porechontes (1), Taumacera (2).
4th, 5th, and 6th2 genera and 3 species: Cerophysa (2), Chthoneis (1).
5th, 6th, and 7th2 genera and 2 species: Paratriarius (1), Platyxantha (1).
6th, 7th, and 8th3 genera and 16 species: Asbecesta (1), Cerophysa (2), Megalognatha (13).
6th, 9th, and 10th1 genus and 1 species: Taumacera (1).
7th, 8th, and 9th3 genera and 13 species: Asbecesta (4), Megalognatha (8), Paratriarius (1).
8th, 9th, and 10th4 genera and 4 species: Asbecesta (1), Eccoptopsis (1), Hoplasoma (1), Trichomimastra (1).
9th, 10th, and 11th9 genera and 20 species: Anisobrotica (2), Apophylia (5), Cneorane (1), Japonitata (1), Leptoxena (1), Luperosoma (3), Stenoplatys (1), Taumacera (5), Vitruvia (1).

More than three segments modified71 genera and 232 species
Acroxena (1), Agetocera (1), Apophylia (6), Arimetus (2), Arthrotus (1), Asbecesta (14), Aulacophora (5), Austrotella (2), Bonesia (2), Buckbrotica (1), Cerophysa (6), Cerophysella (1), Chapuisia (10), Chthoneis (3), Clitena (1), Cneorane (1), Coraia (2), Deinocladus (3), Diabrotica (21), Ectmesopus (1), Exosoma (2), Haplosomoides (3), Huillania (3), Hyphaenia (1), Jacobya (1), Japonitata (2), Laetana (1), Laetiacantha (10), Lesnella (1), Luperosoma (2), Malacorhinus (2), Megalognatha (4), Miltina (1), Neolaetana (5), Niasia (3), Nirina (2), Nirinoides (3), Oorlogia (1), Ornithognathus (1), Orthoxia (1), Palpoxena (2), Parabrotica (1), Paraplotes (2), Parasbecesta (6), Paratriarius (2), Pimentelia (1), Platybrotica (1), Platyxantha (16), Pseudorupilia (2), Pseudoscelida (1), Pseudoshaira (1), Rohaniella (1), Ruwenzoria (1), Samoria (7), Schematiza (5), Sessilia (1), Shungwayana (1), Simopsis (1), Spilocephalus (2), Spilonotella (1), Stenoplatys (1), Synetocephalus (1), Taenala (1), Taphinella (1), Taumacera (3), Theopea (5), Therpis (1), Trichomimastra (1), Xenarthra (6), Xenoda (23).